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30 January 2019 14:16 UTC
Whenever I’m at a conference’s diversity panel, I can’t help but feel we’re sitting here begging to be included. The power dynamic is already against us, and it’s tiring always having to make arguments from a position of perceived inferiority.
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30 January 2019 08:09 UTC
I’ve made it, I’ve finally been called an SJW on Reddit.
(That is an amazing self-own in the title.)
Ah crypto = cryptocurrencies. cons = conferences.
Still, this one is a truly original comic genius.
(Non-English names are scary, aren’t they?!)
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29 January 2019 11:04 UTC
Meritocracy is not a “cool governance model.” It’s a model that values and reinforces privilege. #aracon
Amazing.
Panel question “How do we ensure we’re not just creating new elites in the people who understand blockchain…?” Panellists: silence.
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28 January 2019 14:28 UTC
Yeah, I think it’s a deceptively cutesy term too…
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28 January 2019 12:56 UTC
Hi Berlin. You’re cold. And I forgot how much people smoke here.
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25 January 2019 16:45 UTC
Nearly a year ago I gave a talk at Webstock, and was really pleased with it. It brings together my work on accessibility/inclusivity and ethics. This week, I finally put the slides online in a lovely readable format. (You can find the video there too.)
Sabotaging Our Future Selves, a presentation by Laura Kalbag
(Thanks to Notist for making it really easy to upload slides and convert them into something more accessible.)
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24 January 2019 11:56 UTC
If you find human rights in tech an overwhelming topic/don’t know where to start, I really recommend David Meyers’s Connected Rights newsletter.
It’s easy to read, and David’s recent use of “positively homeopathic fine” made me spit coffee down myself.
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23 January 2019 20:51 UTC
Google is not your friend.
And if you only optimise your sites for Chrome, and don’t test in other browsers, you are not just a lazy developer, but also complicit in exposing people to tracking.
Update: Two days since I posted this tweet and I’ve learned developers are way more defensive about being called lazy than they are about being complicit in tracking 😬
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23 January 2019 13:12 UTC
Just misread a thing about ssh tips as “shh tips” and yeah I think some people could do with those tips too.
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16 January 2019 18:05 UTC
(East) Londoners! I’m on a panel about ethics in design on Monday night. Come say hello if you’re going to be there. Tickets are free, but it looks like you’ll want to be there nice and early to get a seat!
Spotify Design and It’s Nice That team up for event taking a close look at ethics in design